IN JAPANESE ONLY
Keijiro Kai × Tatsushi Fujihara "Humanity-Thinking through the Act of Ritualc
RESERVATION REQUIRED
- 2025.4.28
- 19:00–20:30
KYOTO TSUTAYA BOOKS SHARE LOUNGE
Clothed in Sunny Finery, Okayama, 2018 © Keijiro Kai
Using photographer Keijiro Kai's works capturing "festival" as a starting point, historian Tatsushi Fujiwara will join in a discussion on how rituals and traditions have influenced people over time. Centered around the theme of "rituals", the talk will explore the intersection of culture and history, reflecting on what it means to be human in the modern era.
- Important Notice
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* Admission fee - ￥1,100
* Additional usage fees will apply if you would like to use the food and beverages in the share lounge.
* Please refer to the reservation site from the TSUTAYA homepage. If you do not make a reservation in advance, entry will only be possible on the day if there is space available at the venue. (TSUTAYA is currently creating a reservation site. It will be open to the public soon.)
Speakers Speakers
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Kai Keijiro (KYOTOGRAPHIE 2025 Artist)
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1974, Keijiro Kai graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography in 2002. He is currently a part-time instructor at the same school.
He has participated in festivals and group exhibitions including the Daegu Photo Biennale (South Korea, 2016), Taipei Photo (Taiwan, 2018), Noorderlicht International Photography Festival (Netherlands, 2019), and T3 Photo Festival Tokyo (Tokyo, 2024). He has also held numerous solo exhibitions. Kai's photo books include Shrove Tuesday (TOTEM POLE PHOTO GALLERY, 2013), Wounded Bear (TOTEM POLE PHOTO GALLERY, 2016), Down to the Bone (Shinjuku Shobo, 2020), and Kira no Haregi (ZEN FOTO GALLERY, 2023).
In 2016, Kai won the 28th Photographic Society Award for his photo exhibitions Wounded Bear and Down to the Bone. In 2020, he received the 20th Sagamihara Photography Award for the photo book Down to the Bone . In 2021, he won the 45th Ina Nobuo Award for the same exhibition.
At KYOTOGRAPHIE Kai focuses on capturing Japan, Europe, and South America, etc. Physical traditional events that predate the modern concept of sports. He emerges himself in these practices and uses photography to engage with fundamental questions about human "life." -
Tatsushi Fujihara (Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
Fujihara Tatsushi is a Professor at Kyoto University. His main research field is modern history of food and agriculture in Germany and Japan. His published works in Japanese include History of the Kitshen in Modern History in Germany (2012), Philosophy of Decomposition (2019). His published works in English include Fujihara Tatsushi ed. “Handbook of Environmental History in Japan” (Amsterdam University Press/MHM Limited, 2023) and “Colonial Seeds, Imperialist Genes: Hōrai Rice and Agricultural Development,” in Hiromi Mizuno, Aaron S. Moore, John DiMoiaw (eds.), Engineering Asia: Technology, Colonial Development and the Cold War Order (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018).
Date 日時
2025.4.2819:00–20:30
Venue 会場
KYOTO TSUTAYA BOOKS SHARE LOUNGE
- Address
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6F [T8] S.C. Takashimaya Kyoto, 35 Otabicho
2-chome Teramachi Higashiiri Shijo-dori
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
- Access
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【Hankyu Railway】Direct access on the basement level from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line
【Keihan Railway】Keihan Gion Shijo Station, 5-minute walk
Fees 料金
Admission fee - ￥1,100
※Additional usage fees will apply if you would like to use the food and beverages in the share lounge.
